1625-0019 Stat/Authority

Coast Guard, DHS

§ 82.7

on board the vessel and available for
inspection by Coast Guard personnel.

are adopted by the Coast Guard for the
guidance of the public.

(Approved by the Office of Management and
Budget under control number 1625–0019)

[CGD 76–133, 42 FR 35792, July 11, 1977. Redesignated by CGD 81–017, 46 FR 28154, May 26,
1981]

[CGD 77–136, 47 FR 13800, Apr. 1, 1982, as
amended by CGD 88–052, 53 FR 25119, July 1,
1988; CGD 96–026, 61 FR 33663, June 28, 1996;
CGD 78–82, 43 FR 54186, Nov. 20, 1978; USCG–
2006–25150, 71 FR 39208, July 12, 2006; USCG–
2010–0351, 75 FR 36281, June 25, 2010; USCG–
2014–0410, 79 FR 38431, July 7, 2014]

EXEMPTIONS
§ 81.20 Lights and sound signal appliances.
Each vessel under the 72 COLREGS,
except the vessels of the Navy, is exempt from the requirements of the 72
COLREGS to the limitation for the period of time stated in Rule 38 (a), (b),
(c), (d), (e), (f), and (g) if:
(a) Her keel is laid or is at a corresponding stage of construction before
July 15, 1977; and
(b) She meets the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at
Sea, 1960 (77 Stat. 194, 33 U.S.C. 1051–
1094).
[CGD 76–133, 42 FR 35792, July 11, 1977. Redesignated at CGD 81–017, 46 FR 28154, May 26,
1981]

PART 82—72 COLREGS:
INTERPRETATIVE RULES
Sec.
82.1 Purpose.
82.3 Pushing vessel and vessel being pushed:
Composite unit.
82.5 Lights for moored vessels.
82.7 Sidelights for unmanned barges.
AUTHORITY: 14 U.S.C. 2, 633; 33 U.S.C. 1602;
E.O. 11964, 42 FR 4327, 3 CFR, 1977 Comp., p.
88; 49 CFR 1.46(n).

§ 82.1

Purpose.

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This part contains the interpretative
rules concerning the 72 COLREGS that

§ 82.3 Pushing vessel and vessel being
pushed: Composite unit.
Rule 24(b) of the 72 COLREGS states
that when a pushing vessel and a vessel
being pushed ahead are rigidly connected in a composite unit, they are regarded as a power-driven vessel and
must exhibit the lights under Rule 23.
A ‘‘composite unit’’ is interpreted to be
a pushing vessel that is rigidly connected by mechanical means to a vessel being pushed so they react to sea
and swell as one vessel. ‘‘Mechanical
means’’ does not include the following:
(a) Lines.
(b) Hawsers.
(c) Wires.
(d) Chains.
[CGD 76–133, 42 FR 35792, July 11, 1977. Redesignated by CGD 81–017, 46 FR 28154, May 26,
1981]

§ 82.5 Lights for moored vessels.
For the purposes of Rule 30 of the 72
COLREGS, a vessel at anchor includes a
barge made fast to one or more mooring buoys or other similar device attached to the sea or river floor. Such a
barge may be lighted as a vessel at anchor in accordance with Rule 30, or
may be lighted on the corners in accordance with 33 CFR 88.30(h) through
(l).
[CGD 94–011, 63 FR 5731, Feb. 4, 1998, as
amended by USCG–2015–0433, 80 FR 44280,
July 27, 2015]

§ 82.7 Sidelights for unmanned barges.
An unmanned barge being towed may
use the exception of COLREGS Rule
24(h). However, this exception only applies to the vertical sector requirements.
[CGD 94–011, 63 FR 5731, Feb. 4, 1998]

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